Admitted
1971, Virginia; 1971-1982, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1973, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1974, Massachusetts; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
Georgetown University, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., in Ch.E., 1965
Memberships
Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, Awards Committee, 1976-1978); Boston Patent Law Association (President, 1982-1983).
Biographical
Delta Theta Phi. Student Note Editor, Georgetown's International Law Journal, 1969-1970. Co-author: Patentable Subject Matter Under National and Multinational Systems, 2 Law & Policy in International Business, 479 (1970); Patent Practice, PRG 1976-1994; Patent and Know-How Licensing in Japan and the United States, University of Washington Press, 1977; Advanced U.S. Patent Practice, PRG, 1978; Japanese Guidelines for Computer Program Examinations, 77 Patent and Trademark Review 195, 1979; Genetically Engineering Microorganisms and Cells - The Law and Business, PRG, 1981; Genetic Engineering Worldwide, PRG, 1982; Negotiations of Trademark Franchise Agreements; Employee and Software Agreements; Patent and Know-How License Agreements, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, New England Law Institute, 1982; U.S. and Foreign Intellectual Property Law Relating to Biological Inventions, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, 1983; Protecting Trade Secrets, Practicing Law Institute, 1983; Protection of Biotechnology, PRG, 1983; Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Worldwide, Macmillan, 1987; Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property, Mass. C.L.E.-NELI, 1991; Biotechnology Patent Practice, PRG, 1991. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1967-1971. Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Customs & Patent Appeals, 1971-1973.